# operator==,!=,<,<=,>,>=(std::experimental::filesystem::path)

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bool operator==( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (1) | (filesystem TS)
bool operator!=( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (2) | (filesystem TS)
bool operator<( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (3) | (filesystem TS)
bool operator<=( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (4) | (filesystem TS)
bool operator>( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (5) | (filesystem TS)
bool operator>=( const path& lhs, const path& rhs ); | (6) | (filesystem TS)

Compares two paths lexicographically.

1) Checks whether lhs and rhs are equal. Equivalent to !(lhs < rhs) && !(rhs < lhs).
2) Checks whether lhs and rhs are not equal. Equivalent to !(lhs == rhs).
3) Checks whether lhs is less than rhs. Equivalent to lhs.compare(rhs) < 0.
4) Checks whether lhs is less than or equal to rhs. Equivalent to !(rhs < lhs).
5) Checks whether lhs is greater than rhs. Equivalent to rhs < lhs.
6) Checks whether lhs is greater than or equal to rhs. Equivalent to !(lhs < rhs).

### Parameters

lhs, rhs | - | the paths to compare

### Return value

true if the corresponding comparison yields, false otherwise.

### Exceptions

`noexcept` specification:
noexcept

### Notes

Path equality and equivalence have different semantics.

In the case of equality, as determined by `operator==`, only lexical representations are compared. Therefore, path("a") == path("b") is never true.

In the case of equivalence, as determined by `equivalent()`, it is checked whether two paths resolve to the same file system object. Thus equivalent("a", "b") will return true if the paths resolve to the same file.

### See also

compare | compares the lexical representations of two paths lexicographically (public member function)

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